Improving Seattle Startups

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  48%
  More than 10 years
•  
  20%
  More than 5 years
•  
  17%
  More than a year
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  15%
  Less than a year

•  
  80%
  Yes because I want to
•  
  8%
  Yes because I must
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  5%
  No for another reason
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  4%
  No because of the weather
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  3%
  No because of the business climate

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  59
  Entrepreneur
•  
  34
  Leader
•  
  32
  Programmer
•  
  21
  Marketer
•  
  17
  Investor
•  
  5
  Follower

•  
  71%
  Work in a tech business
•  
  16%
  Think about creating a tech business
•  
  7%
  Something else
•  
  5%
  Work outside the tech field
•  
  0%
  I'm retired

•  
  36%
  Work in a tech business
•  
  25%
  Start another tech business
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  21%
  Sell my tech business
•  
  10%
  Start a non-tech business
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  4%
  Take my tech business public (IPO)
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  3%
  Work in a non-tech business
•  
  1%
  Retire

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  49%
  My tech business will be acquired
•  
  44%
  My tech business will keep producing cash
•  
  4%
  My tech business will have an IPO
•  
  3%
  My tech business won't survive

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  1st
  The team
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  2nd
  Market readiness
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  3rd
  Revolutionary product
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  4th
  Competitive differentiation
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  5th
  Equity capital

•  
  1st
  Not adapting to market needs
•  
  2nd
  Hiring problems
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  3rd
  Inadequate capital
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  4th
  Economic climate
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  5th
  Competition

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